in fact one doesn't have to use much imagination. in 2003, iran approached the united states with an offer to talk about its nuclear program. the bush administration rejected the offer because it believed that the iranian regime was weak. iran had 164 centrifuges operating in 2003. today it has 19,000. had the geneva talks with iran broken down this week, iran would have continued expanding its nuclear program. yes, they are now under tough sanctions, but they were under sanctions then as well. yet the number of centrifuges grew expone nen nene shally. benjamin net tan y'alla -- keep growing in size and scope. it's a strategy that assumes either iran is headed for collapse, or that a military strike would take place that would permanently destroy iran's nuclear program and it wouldn't bet rebuilt. the agreement that the major powers have gotten in geneva, essentially freezes iran's program for six months and rolls back some key aspects of it while a permanent deal is negotiated. in return, iran gets about $30 bill i don't think of sa